Give Obama his due. When he hired Huntsman as an overseas specialist he took
him off the national radar, that allowed the GOP to try to re-decorate their
candidates who have already run and been turned down by the American public.
They sent them out hoping for a spike in the polls but lets face it.

Huckaby and Romney on the same team did not work before and history will
repeat. Palin is the closest thing to Aesop's fairy tales we have in our
party.

GOP's are dying for a fresh face to elect and right now that
person is not there. Running one of the has beens will re-elect Barrack.

There may still be time for Huntsman but he will have to cue up
responses and figure a way to win in his own party for him to win on a national
stage.

It's OK to be an anti-Mormon bigot while the political correctness folks take a
dim view of a biased expression towards other faiths. Until that changes,
Mormons will never get a fair shake when competing on any field, outside the
Intermountain West. When the Evangelicals hijacked the Republican Party in 1994,
the definition of a conservative now included walking softly on issues the
Evangelical lobby deems important. With only 30% of voters registered as
Republicans why does anyone running for a national office have to kiss up to the
wacko religious right? If Mitt would stick to his moderate views, while
maintaining a rigid line on government growth and spending, he would do a heck
of a lot better. Barry Goldwater was labeled the father of the conservative
movement, he was neither religious nor did he feel the need to pander to any
faith based group. He would be spinning in his grave to realize the extent of
the influence such groups yield. Romney will never "get" their vote, he should
be working to lock up the center-right democrats who are more independent than
democrat.

It doesn't matter going round and round how sad it is that people are diverse
and vote accordingly. This is the big weakness in democracy. A really qualified
candidate, like Mitt Romney, could be damned from holding office because a
majority of voters don't like or can't identify with his religious beliefs. That
isn't going to change and the system isn't going to change! I hope Mitt is
'slick enough' to find away to beat that.

I wasn't under the impression that Huntsman was very active in the first place
whereas Romney is a different story.

I think this is the paper's way
of letting us know that unlike Romney, Huntsman is kind of a Jack Mormon.

Huntsman does have a great pedigree for LDS people to admire. He'll
probably do favors for the church if asked, but I believe Huntsman is to the LDS
church what John Kennedy was to the Catholic church — church and religion
is much more of occasional tradition than it is an adherence or a practicing
faith.

I
simply don't get what's so wrong with telling the world straight up what you
believe! - If there's a scarcity in politics these days, it's straight answers -
straight talk.

What's less appealing in a candidate is a guy who
would recalibrate & compromise their faith (especially in Jesus Christ) for the
sake of gaining the popular votes. Those same popular votes that have been
derived from an ignorant mass population (the same voters that have written
Obama into our country) and by those same political movement/s that have
abandoned the root principles our country has been made great by.

One thing is certain here, and that is that this country was not established
by spineless individuals who weren't willing to take up leadership roles that
may or may not have been popular. With how much adultery to our tax $'s are
going on, we may as well be in a repeat session with King George III. Several
of the founders were protestant King George III was Anglican - telling that the
framers had back bone.

I probably would never make a good politician as I do not like to make a lot of
compromizes especially persal values. I much rather have a good Christian
remain a good Christain than become a corrupt individual. I too am an Indexer
for the last 7 years working on public records and am LDS but will not give up
christian values just to be elected to even a dog catcher. We need very decent
people in all walks of life as they will help America stay strong to its values
as a GOOD country. I appreciate a Good person no matter what their religion
because likely they will treat others as a good people and set the example for
others and work together to build a real good and stable America with top notch
people and families.

There is much more to Mitt than
the presidential looks and 3-4 minute interviews present. Read his book, "No
Apology", to understand (from "the horse's mouth") what his views, positions,
and proposed "fixes" are. There is so much more to him than most folks see (or
care to search out).

I am also drawn to Newt Gingrich. MUCH more
politically astute, focuses on the issues, and presents himself admirably in the
toughest arenas -- without contention.

As much as I would like to see
a Gingrich/Romney or Romney/Gingrich ticket in a '12 election, I don't think
Romney, Gingrich, or Palin honestly don't care for one another.

The
'12 election will be an anti-Obama one. The GOP candidate will win -- whoever
it is. No moderate or independent will vote for Obama.... but, perhaps they
would for Hillary Clinton.

roger | 9:33 a.m.In contrast, I really like Huntsman. Of any Mormon
politician on the national scene, Huntsman is the one that most comes across as
somebody with good judgment who is more interested in focusing on the actual
issues rather than pandering to the cultural-warriors. I’d totally vote
for Huntsman.

Whether or not it's accurate, this story is written such that both Jon Hunstman
Jr. and Mitt Romney are two politicians through and through who are - like far
too many politicians today - facade individuals too concerned with popularity
and slippery when it comes to anything integrity. . . void of personal
integrity, and misleading when it comes to communicating the influences in their
lives that direct their decisions. If we are not, or cannot openly be inspired
by God - we are not adequately inspired to lead a country. Especially a country
that carries God's name everywhere on all things that have any level of
legitimacy, or bedrock foundation to them.